Orientalisches

Wassily Kandinsky
Orientalisches
woodcut
1911-13

An original Wassily Kandinsky woodcut print.

(In the Oriental Style)

1911-13

Original woodcut printed in three colors (pink, blue, yellow) from three blocks on wove paper.

A superb impression of the definitive state, from the edition of 1,200 published by G. di San Lazarro, Chroniques du Jour, Paris, in the review XXeme Siecle, Vol. 1, No. 3, Paris, 1938, illustrating the artist’s essay “Mes gravures sur bois” (apart from the edition of 345 published in Klänge). One of 56 woodcuts originally published in 1913 in the album Klänge.

Catalog: Roethel 106

Size Image: 4 7/8 x 7 ½ inches

Sheet Size: 12 ½ x 9 5/8 inches